Burden of Digital Dreams

Thunderbolt: Suicide is an alarmingly frequent topic throughout Indie Game: The Movie. Both Phil Fish of Polytron (developer of Fez), and Tommy Refenes of Team Meat (developer of Super Meat Boy) declare their intention to commit, should they be unable to finish their work or never make indie games again. It’s an unsettling sentiment, voiced with resolute honesty and one indicative of how the independent development process has affected their lives.